Cesare : il Creatore che ha distrutto

The subject is shown with a dark beard and a direct gaze, wearing a dark cap with a circular medallion and a luxurious lynx-fur collar. He wears a golden embroidered doublet over a white chemise, set against a dark, minimalist background that emphasizes his status and features.

Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, was the dedicatee of Niccolò Machiavelli's 'The Prince' and a member of the dynasty that served as the primary patrons of the Renaissance Neoplatonic revival. This portrait, a 16th-century copy of a Raphael original, represents the political power that governed the intellectual environment of late Renaissance Italy.